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Early MedievalSite Name: Kilpeck church Alternative Name: St David's Church; Church of St Mary & St DavidCountry: England
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County: Herefordshire Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Hereford Nearest Village: Kilpeck
Map Ref: SO44513051
Latitude: 51.970278N Longitude: 2.809154W
Condition:
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| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
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| 3 | Ordinary |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Couplands visited on 1st Jan 2025 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5
Anne T visited on 13th Jul 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Kilpeck Church and Castle: Our second church of the day, and I was delighted to find this open. Again, there was a steady stream of visitors, many of whom had a quick look in the church then walked round the outside to look at the corbels and gargoyles.
I bought a book about the church, largely aimed at children, called "From Big Bang to Beasties and Beyond" by Diana Thomas, which is very informative, with lots of information.
After taking photographs inside and out (including all the corbels and most of the gargoyles), we wandered over to the motte and bailey site - much, much larger and more interesting than we thought, and spent a happy half hour enjoying the sunshine. Only one other couple wandered over to look at the castle whilst we were there.
Marko visited on 22nd Aug 2015 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5
bat400 visited on 1st May 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4 A must see church.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.75 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 4.5
The extraordinary present day church was built around 1140, and probably replaced an earlier Saxon church, while the raised form of the rounded churchyard suggests even older Celtic foundations. It is first mentioned in the Liber Landavensis at AD640. The church is well known for its fabulous array of fine carvings.
The church itself is ornately carved with over 80 corbels running around the exterior of the church under the eaves, and include the famed Sheela-Na-Gig, often referred to as a “goddess”.
The ornately carved south doorway with it's Tree of Life tympanum contains elements of Celtic, Saxon and even Scandinavian (Viking) art, at the top of the right columns is a green man. The inner left column has two warriors who, unusually, are wearing loose trousers. There are various other mythical birds and beasts and a probable "rainbow Man".
Two green men appear as capitals on the richly decorated columns of the west window. In the centre of the corbel table below the window, and at each corner of the nave's west wall, are large protruding dragons' heads with coiled tongues.
Within the church is a very unusual stoup, supposed to be very old, possibly pre-Saxon, which is carved as two hands clasping a pregnant belly that has been given snakes for feet.
For more details, see "a-tour-of-kilpech-church"
Video of the church here
For more information see Pastscape Monument No. 107918 and Historic England List ID 1099582. The Journal of Antiquities also features a page for this church - see their entry for Kilpeck Church, Herefordshire.
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